Ten-month-old baby girl Brianna de Leon loves books. She is playing in her living room with her mother in Compton. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Recently, a friend gave me a hand-me-down kit ...

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This content is sponsored by McLean School. If your child is struggling to learn to read, you are not alone. Only about 30 percent of students in the United States are reading proficiently, a decline ...

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Seeing a child curled up with a book as they independently learn to read the words and find the meaning in a story is a heartwarming image. We have been taught that learning to read is akin to ...

What to know SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Maria Murray is a proud bookworm. When she was a kid, she would frequent the local library in lieu of having shelves of books at her home. Since it’s a library, ...

Experts explain how best to prepare very young children to read. Children who are reading on their own as early as age 2 or 3 are the outliers, literacy experts said. Recently, a friend gave me a hand ...

Recently, a friend gave me a hand-me-down kit filled with beautiful wooden games and brightly colored books that promises to teach my child to read. The phonics-based program, the company says, can be ...